"Although he travels all day, the sage never loses sight of his luggage carts."
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"He who knows he has enough is rich."
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"The living are soft and yielding; the dead are rigid and stiff. Living plants are flexible and tender; the dead are brittle and dry."
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"What is strong and rigid is snapped and laid low. What is flexible and soft will always prevail."
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"To attain to the human form must always be a source of joy. And then to undergo continuous transitions, with only the infinite to look forward to: what incomparable bliss is that!"
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"When people are unsettled, loyal ministers arise."
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"Dignified, like a guest."
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"He who walks on tip-toe does not walk on solid ground."
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"That which shrinks must first expand."
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"Lay plans for the accomplishment of the difficult before it becomes difficult; make something big by starting with it when small."
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"Wary, as if surrounded by strangers."
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"He (the sage) wants all things to follow their own nature, but dares not act."
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"Of all things, none does not revere the Way and honor virtue. Reverence of the Way and honoring virtue were not demanded of them, but it is in their nature."
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"What the Way is to the world, the stream is to the river and the sea."
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"All things flourish, and each returns to its source."
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"He does not praise himself - yet he is respectable."
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"The wise cares about everyone, and he becomes an example to all."
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"He does not feel pity for himself - thus he can successfully develop."
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"Great, it passes on (in constant flow)."
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"Its name-what passes not away."
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